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Surakarta English and Literature Journal
Published by Universitas Surakarta
ISSN : 26219077     EISSN : 26219085     DOI : 10.52429
The aim of SELJU is to provide a venue for academicians, researchers, and practitioners for publishing original research articles or review articles. The scope of the articles published in this journal deals with a broad range of topics such as Linguistics, Translation, Literature, and another section related to contemporary issues in the English Language.
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD ENGLISH TUTORIAL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THEIR ENGLISH COMPETENCE Pravitasari, Suryanti Galuh; Rimawati, Elistya
Surakarta English and Literature Journal Vol 3 No 2 (2020): Volume 3 Number 2 (2020)
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Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta has established its graduate’s quality target as much as ≥ 450 for their English competence measured by standardized TOEIC test. To meet the target, LPIDB as the language center of UMS has provided the students with a kind of speaking activity called English Tutorial Program (ETP). The tutors are active students of at least semester 3 who have got several trainings on conducting the material. This study was aimed at measuring the influence of the students’ perception toward ETP activities and fasilities toward their English ability. The data were collected by giving questionnaires to 200 respondents chosen by using simple random sampling. The data then were analyzed by using multiple linear regression. The result of the study shows that the students’ perception of ETP facilities and activities gave significant influence on their English ability. It was shown by t-value of 4.293 for the perception on facilities and 4.977 for the perception of activities.
THE USE OF CLASSROOM LANGUAGES FOR BEGINNING LESSON IN MICRO TEACHING CLASS Arianti, Arin
Surakarta English and Literature Journal Vol 3 No 2 (2020): Volume 3 Number 2 (2020)
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The ability for beginning the lesson can encourage students’ interest and motivation earlier in learning. That view must be understood more by the students when they practiced in micro teaching subject. They were expected to apply it for training them in minimizes the use of mother tongue and maximize the use of target language. The aim of this research is to knowthe variation of classroom languages especially for beginning the lesson applied by sixth semester students in micro teaching practice. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Data was collected by using observation and interview. The result shows that variation of classroom languages for beginning the lesson are still minimize and tend to be limited on certain terms. The most dominant type of classroom language used by students is greeting on using the term of “How are you”, the second one is the type of classroom language is register on using the term “who is absent today”. The last one is the type of timeto begin on using the term “let’s start our lesson now.” The students never applied the other terms in their practice.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PEER TEACHING IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR YOUNG LEARNERS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, UNIVET SUKOHARJO Nurnaningsih
Surakarta English and Literature Journal Vol 3 No 2 (2020): Volume 3 Number 2 (2020)
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The objective of the study is to identify the application of Peer Teaching in the subject of Teaching English for Young Learner (TEYL) and combined it with teaching media that suitable for the teaching material. Besides it also observed the dominance of teaching media that were used by students in TEYL. It is a qualitative method. The subject of the study is 6th semester students of English Department. The collecting data of the study are observation, interview, and documentation. The application of Peer teaching in the study are 1) making sure that peer teacher mastered the teaching material, 2) using system reward, 3) using positive reinforcement, 4) choosing the appropriate exercise, 5) using grouping strategy, 6) using role play of peer teaching, 7) forcing on feedback that was given by the lecturer. Then the dominant teaching media used in peer teaching is downloaded video from YOUTUBE. The reason was easier to get and it is also cheap.